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§TaVTICTI€aVIL HiAVSDlD'O'Or;' W IE § ir ID IE N 'G aVIL i i g i g i g i BUREAU OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL N IE P A D C D11049 0 PREFACE The present publication is the Thirty-third issue of the Statistical Hand book of West Bengal. It seeks to provide statistical information on various socio economic aspects of the State. Attempts have been made to incorporate up-to- date information in this publication maintaining the continuity of the time series of data published in the previous issues. I would like to thank various organisations for the active co-operation received from them in the timely supply of data. The officers and staff of Reference Technical Section and EDPU of the Bureau also deserve my thanks for their sincere and hard work in bringing out this publication. I would welcome suggestions for improvement of future publications. (Bijdn Kundu) New Secretariat Buildings, Director, Calcutta, Bureau of Applied Economics & Statistics The 3rd November,.2000 Government of West Bengal SYMBOLS - The following symbols have been used in this publication = Not available Negligible or nil P = Provisional I = Incomplete in coverage R = Revised Conversion Table The Metric System 1 Standard of weights Grain = 0.065 Gram Ounce = 28.350 Grams Pound = 0.4535924 Kilogram Cwt = 50.802 Kilograms Ton = 1016.05 Kilograms = 1.01605 Tonnes Tola = 11.664 Grams Chattak = 58.32 Grams Seer = 0.93310 Kilogram Maund = 37.3242 Kilograms 100 Kilograms = 1 Quintal Quintals = 1 Tonne II Standard of length and capacity Foot = 0.3048 Metre Inch = 0.0254 Metre Yard = 0.9144 Metre Mile = 1.609344 Kilometres Imperial gallon = 4.54596 Litres III Standard of area Acre = 0.404686 Hectare Sq. mile = 2.58999 Sq. Kiiome = 258.999 Hectares Conversion Coefficients to The Metric System 1 Standard of weights Gram = 15.432 Grains Gram = 0.03527 Ounce Kilogram = 2.2046 Pounds Kilogram = 0.01968 Cwt Kilogram = 0.0009842 Ton Tonne = 0.9842 Ton(Long) Gram = 0.08573 Tola Gram = 0.017147 Chattak Kilogram = 1.0717 Seer Kilogram = 0.02679 t^aund II Standard of length and capacity Metre = 3.2808 Feet Metre 39.37008 Inches Metre = 1.0936 Yards Kilometre = 0.6214 Mile Litre = 0.21998 Gallon(lmp.) Litre = 0.26418 Gallon(U.S.) III Standard of area Hectare _ 2.4711 Acres Sq. Kilometre = 0.3861 Sq. mile Hectare = 0.003861 Sq. mile CONTENTS Page SOME FACTS ABOUT WEST BENGAL 1 I. Area and Population 1.0 Administrative Units in West Bengal 8 1.1 Villages, Towns and Households in West Bengal, Census, 1991 9 1.2 Area, Population and Density per Square Kilometre, 1991 10 1.3 Rural and Urban Population in West Bengal, Census, 1991 11 1.4 Population by Sex in West Bengal, Census, 1991 12 1.5 Population according to Age group in West Bengal, Census, 1991 13 1.6 Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Population in West Bengal, Census, 1991 14 1.7 Workers and Non-workers in West Bengal, Census, 1991 15 1.7(a) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Workers and Non- Workers in West Bengal, Census, 1991 16 1.8 C.D. blockwise population by district of West Bengal, Census,1991 17 1.9 Population of Cities, Towns and Urban Outgrowth in West Bengal by district, Census, 1991 32 1.10 Population according to class of Towns in West Bengal, Census, 1991 48 1.11 Number of Towns and Villages according to Popu''’tion size-class in West Bengal 49 1.12 Annual Estimates of Population of West Bengal (As on 1st October) 50 Table Page No. II. Medical and Public Health 2.0 Birth (live), Death and Infant Mortality Rates for West Bengal 51 2.0(a) Birth and Death Rates based on a Three-Year Average for West Bengal 52 2.1 Medical Facilities in West Bengal 53 2.2 Registered Medical Practitioners in West Bengal 54 2.3 Districtwise Status of Rural Water Supply coverage 55 111. Education 3.0 Literate Population in West Bengal by district 56 3.0(a) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Literacy in West Bengal by district, Census, 1991 57 3.1 Number of Schools in West Bengal 59 3.2 Enrolment in General Educational Institution by Stages in West Bengal 60 3.3 Number of Teachers in Educational Institutions in West Bengal 61 IV. Climate 4.0 Annual Rainfall in West Bengal 62 V. Agriculture 5.0 Classification of Area in West Bengal 63 5.0(a) Utilisation of land in West Bengal by District in 1998-99 65 5.0(b) Net cropped Area, Gross cropped Area and Cropping Intensity in West Bengal 67 5.1 Area under Principal Crops in West Bengal 68 5.2 Production of Principal Crops in West Bengal 71 5.2(a) Districtwise Area and Production of Principal Crops in West Bengal 74 5.2(b) Yield rates of Principal Crops in West Bengal 92 Table Page No. 5.3 Index Number of Agricultural Area under selected crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1971 - 72 = 100) 94 5.3(a) Index Number of Agricultural Area under selected Crops in West Bengal (Base ; Triennium ending crop year 1981 - 82 = 100) 97 5.4 Index Number of Agricultural Production of selected Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1971 - 72 = 100) 99 5.4(a) Index Number of Agricultural Production of selected Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981 - 82 = 100) 102 5.5 Index Number of Agricultural Productivity of selected Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1971 - 72 = 100) 104 5.5(a) Index Number of Agricultural Productivity of selected Crops in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981 - 82 = 100) 106 5.6 Index Number of Agricultural Area, Production, Productivity, Cropping Pattern, Cropping Intensity, Productivity per hectare of net area sown of selected crops and net area sown in West Bengal (Base : Triennium ending crop year 1981 - 82 = 100) 108 VI. Forest 6.0 Classification of Forest Area by Status and Ownership in West Bengal 109 6.1 Out-turn of Timber and Fire Wood from Forest in West Bengal 110 VII. Livestock and Fisheries 7.0 Growth of Livestock in West Bengal 111 7.1 Estimated Production of Milk and Egg in West Bengal 112 7.2 Production of Fish and Fishseed in West Bengal 113 VIII. Veterinary 8.0 Number of Hospitals and Dispensaries and the number of animals treated in West Bengal 114 8.1 Veterinary Institutions in West Bengal 115 IX. Mines and Power (i) Electricity 9.0 Installed Electricity Generating Capacity in West Bengal 117 9.0(a) Gross Generation of Electricity in West Bengal 118 9.1 Analysis of Sales of Electricity in West Bengal 119 9.2 Districtwise Villages Electrified in West Bengal 120 (ii) Mineral Production 9.3 Production and Value of Minerals of West Bengal 123 9.4 Coal and Coke Products supplied to different Industries in West Bengal 125 X Industry 10.0 Number of major Industries in West Bengal 126 10.1 Economic Structure of Factories under Annual Survey of Industries (Census and Non-Census Sector) in West Bengal 127 10.2 Number of Small Scale Industrial Units in West Bengal 128 10.3 Industrial Production in West Bengal 129 10.4 Index Number of Industrial Production in West Bengal (Base : 1980=100) 131 XI. Employment and Labour 11.0 Estimated Employment in Public and Private Sectors in West Bengal 132 11.1 Number of Workers employed in major Industries in West Bengal 133 11.2 Average Number of persons Employed Daily in and about the Coal Mines in West Bengal 134 11.3 Average Number of persons Employed Daily in Plantation (Tea) in West Bengal 135 Table Page No. 11.4 Estimated Average Daily Employment in Shops,Commercial Establishments, Cinamas Etc. in West Bengal 136 11.5 Employment in Small Scale industrial Units in West Bengal 138 11.6 Employment through Employment Exchanges in West Bengal 139 11.7 Industrial Disputes in West Bengal 140 XII. Crimes 12.0 True Cases of Serious Crimes in West Bengal (Excluding Calcutta and Suburbs) 141 12.1 True Cases of Serious Crimes in Calcutta and Suburbs 142 Xlll. Police, Civil Defence and Fire Service 13.0 Sanctioned Strength of Civil Police in West Bengal and Expenditure thereof 143 13.1 Expenditure of Civil Defence and Home Guards in West Bengal 144 13.2 Number of Stations, Staff Strength and Expenditure of Fire Services in West Bengal 145 XIV. Local Bodies 14.0 Number, Income and Expenditure of different Local Bodies in West Bengal 146 XV. Transport and Communication 15.0 Length of Roads under the control of Public Works and Public Works (Roads) Department in West Bengal 148 15.0(a) Length of Roads maintained by Public Works Department and Public Works Department (Roads) according to category in West Bengal 149 15.1 Length of Roads maintained by Local Bodies in West Bengal 150 15.2 Post and Telegraphs in West Bengal 151 15.3 Telephone Facilities in West Bengal 153 Table Page No. 15.4 Motor Vehicles on Road in West Bengal 154 15.4(a) Motor Vehicles on Road in Calcutta 155 15.5 important activities of State Transport undertakings in West Bengal 156 15.5(a) Summary of the important Activities of West Bengal Surface Transport Corporations (Lunch Service) 160 15.6 Activities of the Calcutta Tramways Company Limited 161 XVI. Trade 16.0 Foreign Trade at Calcutta, Sea & Air Port 162 16.1 Inward Flow of Goods towards West Bengal from other States by Rail & River 163 16.2 Outward Flow of Goods from West Bengal to Other States by Rail & River 165 XVII.